Mesmerizing Mesh
2021-
Petal-Powered Firmament Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #151
2022
Hanji, washi on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Work list of video clip Mesmerizing Mesh, 2021-2022, in order of appearance:
Swaying Sea Forest Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #132
Fluttering Dancer Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #133
Fencing Warrior Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #134
Swaying Flaring Blooming Formation – Mesmerizing Mesh #135
Floating Crab Sumie – Mesmerizing Mesh #136
Expanding Twilight Breeze Queen – Mesmerizing Mesh #137
Fountain-Powered Flower Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #138
Shoulder-Lifting Fowl Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #139
Splashing Volcano Ash Gaze – Mesmerizing Mesh #140
Royal Buds and Seed Bag on Moon Landing – Mesmerizing Mesh #141
Work list of video clip Mesmerizing Mesh, 2021-2022, in order of appearance:
Resilience-Powered Balancing Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #120
Rigor-Powered Balancing Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #119
Wave-Powered Webfooted Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #116
Jointed Ox Air Sacs Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #97
Wave-Powered Gilled Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #115
Meditation-Powered Pagoda Tree Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #131
Thunder-Powered Ash Entrails Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #148
Thundering Spider Beanpole Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #142
Flocking Swallow Beanpole Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #143
Flower-Powered Bird Vine Soul Streamers – Mesmerizing Mesh #144
Kaleidoscopic Wing Bloom Formation – Mesmerizing Mesh #99
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Soul-Keepers March – Mesmerizing Mesh #95
2022
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Yellow-Sea-Powered Soul Sheet Atop Another– Mesmerizing Mesh #89
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Polar-Powered Fowl Soul Sheets – Mesmerizing Mesh #83
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Energy-Powered Soul Stick – Mesmerizing Mesh #74
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
92 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Sea Raven Radial Folds – Mesmerizing Mesh #64
2021
Hanji, graph paper on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Limber-Powered Beanpole Soul Sheets – Mesmerizing Mesh #55
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 92 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Thunderbolt-Powered Reflection Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #53
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
92 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Six Knot-Powered Brotherly Ties – Mesmerizing Mesh #42
2021
Hanji, reed sticks on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Breaking-Wave-Powered Fan Dance Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #41
2021
Hanji, graph paper on alu-dibond, framed
92 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Installation view of Mesmerizing Mesh at Kukje Gallery K1, Seoul, Korea, 2021
Photo by Chunho An
Image provided by Kukje Gallery
Butterfly Windblast Arrow Formation – Mesmerizing Mesh #38
2021
Hanji, graph paper on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Spring Floral Breeze Formation – Mesmerizing Mesh #35
2021
Hanji, graph paper on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Changtal Crousel
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Molting-Powered Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #33
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Spiritual-Powered Soul Stick – Mesmerizing Mesh #28
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 42 cm
Collection of Wonkee Lee, Daegu
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Blooming-Powered Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #27
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 42 cm
Private collection, Seoul
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Guts-Powered Beanpole Soul Sheets – Mesmerizing Mesh #25
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Four-Limb-Powered Soul Sheet – Mesmerizing Mesh #24
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Collection of Hyun Yong Soo, Seoul
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Rose Moss Expansion Formation – Mesmerizing Mesh #21
2021
Hanji, graph paper on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Collection of Hyun Yong Soo, Seoul
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Incubation-Powered Soul Sheet Atop Another – Mesmerizing Mesh #18
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of the Kukje Gallery
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Installation view of Mesmerizing Mesh at Kukje Gallery K1, Seoul, Korea, 2021
Photo by Chunho An
Image provided by Kukje Gallery
Eye-Holes in Windy Formation – Mesmerizing Mesh #9
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Private collection, Daegu
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Wave-Powered Soul Sheet– Mesmerizing Mesh #5
2021
Hanji on alu-dibond, framed
62 x 62 cm
Courtesy of Kukje Gallery
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Shamanic Conical Headgear – Mesmerizing Mesh #1
2021
Hanji, graph paper on alu-dibond, framed
122 x 82 cm, framed
Courtesy of the artist
Photo: Studio Haegue Yang
Installation view of Mesmerizing Mesh – Paper Leap and Sonic Guard, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, 2022
Video: Cheongjin Keem
Haegue Yang’s ongoing series Mesmerizing Mesh (since 2021) explores the artist’s longstanding interest in the relationship between spirit and matter as well as diverse mystical practices ranging from European paganism to Asian shamanism. In recent years, this interest has turned toward various paper cutting traditions and the sacred dimension of hanji , traditional Korean paper derived from the inner bark of the mulberry tree. Mesmerizing Mesh is loosely inspired by ritual paper props made of hanji used in purifying, healing, exorcizing, and cleansing rites. Typically folded before cutting, the props display strongly symmetrical motifs. For Yang, these paper objects speak to the human impulse to craft objects for intercessory purposes, using matter to access the spirit.
Mesmerizing Mesh reflects on how shamans and artists take “mystic leaps” out of earthly materiality. The mystic leaps appear to reach language, aesthetics, communication, value, and all that lies outside the material realm. Just as shamanistic paper props bridge the dimensions of the living world and beyond, Yang activates hanji by layering, folding, carving, and attaching, creating geometric and figurative compositions to take the leap from material to the dematerialized.
Publications
Haegue Yang: Mesmerizing Mesh – Paper Leap, 2022
Ed. by Barbara Wien
Design by Benedikt Reichenbach
Published by Wiens Verlag, Berlin
English
Two separately bound parts in a cover, 72 pages
21 x 14.8 cm, Softcover
ISBN 978-3-943888-16-4
Haegue Yang: Mesmerizing Mesh, 2021
Ed. by Haegue Yang
Design by Yeong-Jun Kim, Yena Yoo, Heejung Ye
Published by Kukje Gallery
English and Korean
48 pages
14.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm, Softcover
ISBN 979-11-89873-14-1
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Exhibition history
Quasi-Colloquial, Pinacoteca São Paulo, Brazil, 2023
Mesmerizing Mesh – Paper Leap and Resonating Habitat, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France, 2022
Mesmerizing Mesh – Paper Leap and Sonic Guard, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany, 2022
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